Benjamin



(Model.)

E B. C. ODBLL.

CONVERTIBLE NURSERY CHAIR.

I No. 847,847.l Patented out. 4,1881.

UTTED STATES PATENT EFrcE.

CONVERTIBLE NURSERY-CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 247,847, dated October4, 1881,

Application filed October l5, 1880. (Model.)

To atl whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN C. ODELL, ot' Kingston, in the county ofUlster and State of NewYork, have invented a new and ImprovedConvertible Chair; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the same, reference beinghad to theaccompanying drawings, making part of this specitioation.

This invention is in the nature ofan improvement in convertible chairs;and the invention consists in a convertible chair constructed withavertically-adjustablepush-handle with wheels Xed to the lower ends ofits bars, ahiuged footrest with rollers secured to the ends otitssupporting-bars, pivoted legs hinged to a base which is combined withand carries on its upper surface rockers fixed to the seat of the chair,and an adjustable back-panel, in combination with the push-handle of thechair.

In the accompanying sheet of drawings, Figure l represents a side View,partlyin section, of my invention when used as a high chair; Fig. 2, afront view ot' same; and Fig. 3, a side view, partlyin section, when thedevice is used as a carriage.

Similarletters of reference indicate like parts in the several figures.1

A represents the base ot' my chair, and it may be of any desirable shapeand size. At the rear of this base are formed two slots, a, with pins binserted through the sides of the same; also, to this base, and near itsrear side, are hinged the front legs,B, of the chair. To these frontlegs, near their upper ends, are pivoted rear legs, C. To the front sideof the base A are hinged the supporting-bars D of the footresto. Nearthe outer extremities ot' these bars areixedoneormorerollers,d.Passingthrough the slots a in the base A are the bars E, which, with thestretcher-s c, constitute the push-handle of the contrivance. These barsare fitted to have a vertical sliding movement within the slots a, andto the lower ends of these bars are secured, by means of `an axle orotherwise, wheels F.

Upon the upper surface of the base Aare placed and secured rockers G,fixed to the seat f of the chair. These rockers may be held to the baseby coil-springs g, which will also assist the rocking movementof thechair; or they i may have any other suitable aixing device secured tothem for that purpose.

To the back posts, H, of the chair, and between them, is pivoted at itslower side an adjustable panel, J. This panel, when between the backposts or vertical, forms a rest for the back ot' the occupant, but whenit is swung back so that its upper side is supported by the bars E ofthe push-handle it forms an inclined continuation of the seat of thechair, tra-nsforming the chair into a couch.

Mychair being constructed substantially as above described, it isoperated as follows: When the chair is upright and in position to beused as a high chair, it is supported by the lower ends of the pivotedlegs B and G, as are the ordinary chairs having` crossed and hingedlegs. When in this upright or highest position the legs are secured tothe baseA by any suitable catch, as at h, Fig. 1, and the bars E ofthepush-handle are then vertical,or nearly vertical, with the wheels Fraised from contact with the door. rIhis raised and vertical positionofthepush-haudleismaintained bynotches formed in the edges of the bars,which notches interlock with the pins b in the sides of the slots a, orby means of the stretcher e', resting on the base A; and also, when thechair is in this raised or highest position, the supportin g-bars D ofthe foot-rest c, together with the roller or rollers secured thereto,are inclined somewhat from the vertical between the front legs, B, inwhich position they maybe held in any suitable manner.

To lower the chair that it may form a trundle or carriage, the catch his detached, the front and rear legs, B and C, spread outward, front andrear, and the wheels F at the ends of the bars E of the push-handle arebrought in contact with the floor, forcing the hars of the push-handleto assume an inclined position back of the chair, with the wheels Fcentrally beneath the legs of the chair and chair-seat, in whichposition the wheels and push-handle are retained by the notch l in thebars E ofthe push-handle, these notches interlocking with the pins bthrough the sides of the slots o. When the legs B and C are spreadoutward to transform the chair into a carriage the supporting-bars D ofthe foot-rest @,withits wheel or wheels affixed, are inclined outwardfrom the IOO front of the chair or its base A, in which inclinedposition they are retained by any suitable device, and when these barsare in this inclined position the wheel or wheels d and the Wheels F arein contact with the Hoor, thelegs B and G being raised from it, offeringno obstruction to the free trundling or Wheeling ot' the chair. The legsof the chairare held in this raised position by any suitable catch, asat on.

\Vhen the ehairisinits lowest position,form ing a carriage, theadjustable panel J can, ifdesired, be turned backward from between theback posts of the chair, withits upperside resting against and supportedby the bars E ot' the push-handle, and its lower side secured to theback post by pivots which admitot` its turning. When in this positionthe ehairis transformed into a couch, upon which the occupant mayreeline. Vhentheehairisinitselcvatedorhighest position this adjustablepanel is whollyhetween and parallel with the back posts, and acords theordinary back-support. YVhether the chair he in its lowest position, asa carriage, or resting upon its legs in its elevated position, as a highchair,is immaterial to the workingor rocking ofthe chair upon the baseA, it being equally useful as a rocking-chair in either position.

Frein the foregoing' it will be seen that my chair combines together ina simple and useful manner at high chair, carriage, rocking# chair, andcouch, and, if you please, cradle, since the. chair may beroeked on itsbase when the panel .lis thrown out in themannerbefore described.

To the arms ot' the chair is attached, in any desirable manner, theplay-table and guard L.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, in a convertible chair, ot' the base A, having slotsa and pins I), bars E, having notches l and carrying the wheels F,pivoted legs B C,and thefoot-rest-supporting bars D, hinged tothe base Aand carrying the wheel d, as and for the purpose described.

2. In a convertible chair, an adjustable back panel pivoted to the backposts ot' the chair, in combination with the cross-bar of an adjustablepush-handle, substantially as and for the purpose described.

3. In a convertible chair, the combination, with hinged and pivoted legsto support the chair in its highest position, of the hingedfootrest-supporting bars D, having wheel d and the push-handle bars E,having wheels F, as and for the purpose described.

4. In a convertible chair, the combination ot' a base, rochers placedthereon, an adjustable panel, and an adjustable push-handle, whereb; thechair may be transformed into a cradle, substantially as described.

BENJAMIN (j. ODELL.

NTitiiesses:

H. L. WATTENBERG, G. M. PLYMPTON.

